About the Authors
B
rian Mitchell holds an honors degree and PhD in Psychology from the University of Sydney. On leaving the academic world he spent some years in clinical practice, before establishing an international consulting organization specializing in performance management.
E
van Mitchell graduated with an honors degree in English Literature and Psychology honors major from the University of Sydney. He worked for twelve years as a sommelier in fine dining restaurants and, in addition to writing, consults to the industry on the place of wine in the dining experience.
The writing careers of the father and son authors began with a play Ethical Chairs which was sold to a commercial theatre company. A recent work, The Passion of Herr Goethe, was written in collaboration with the writer and historian Iain McCalman.
Their latest book is The Psychology of Wine...truth and beauty by the glass, published in the US by Praeger Publishers (June 30, 2009). Go to the book's website: www.psychologyofwine.com for information.
Their next book, The Psychology of Dining, explores the sensuous and intricate dynamics of the dining experience.
